Stephen Colbert is again alone – and he loves it.
The animator “Late Show” shared a clip for Monday broadcast on Instagram, telling his audience that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” should return to ABC on Tuesday. This news, also announced on Monday, comes after Kimmel was suspended by ABC less than a week before after the comments he had made on the death of Charlie Kirk.
“This martyrdom is not big enough for both of us!” Colbert Read’s Instagram post.
“This is a wonderful news for my dear friend Jimmy and her incredible staff. They can do their show. You know, I am so happy for them. In addition, now that Jimmy is not canceled, I can enjoy it again,” said Colbert, holding his Emmy recently won at the camera.
In the clip, Colbert jokingly jokingly rejoices in his victory at the Emmy – a celebration of the victory that he temporarily delayed in the fallout from Kimmel’s suspension on Wednesday. “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” won his first Emmy series for exceptional discussions in mid-September after the cancellation of the program by CBS earlier this year.
While Colbert’s opening monologues often present the host’s jokes on the current political climate, he reveling to start the show on Monday with a little celebration.
“We love 160 of them per year or something, and, you know, when I have the opportunity, it’s always nice to start the show with good news,” said Colbert. “Well, just a few hours before we know this broadcast, we learned that our long and late” is over, because Disney announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will come back to the air on ABC tomorrow, Tuesday evening. »»
“Come on! Woo! Woo! ” Cried Colbert, culminating the audio levels of his microphone.
The actor put an end to the segment by daring to hope for a little good news for his own program-which was canceled by CBS in July after having accused his parent company of having given “a big bridge pot” to the Trump administration in the hope of obtaining a primordial merger / Skydance. The leaders, however, cited financial reasons as a cause of the cancellation of “late show”.
“Once again, I am the only martyr at the end of the evening. Wait except,” said Colbert before turning to the camera, “CBS, do you want to announce anything?”
